Silence Is Not Golden Here

[BlackHackle]

I've had to cull 2 of the Dark Cornish chicks I've hatched. One was due to leg malformations that were too severe to correct (Incubator issues) and one was a late pipped chick from a broody hatch that had 6 inches of intestines outside of its body. My MO is that I help any chick that pips. I've only had to cull 2 out of at least a dozen I've helped. I've had 2 more that I helped die on me.

Iye!

Just a quick question, since you raise Cornish, is this a Dark Cornish?

 

[Redhead Rae]

Iye!

Just a quick question, since you raise Cornish, is this a Dark Cornish?
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Looks like it could be part Cornish. The feather patterning isn't right. Although, it could be hatchery quality. My chicks are from a show line.

This is what my chicks look like.

 

[BlackHackle]

Looks like it could be part Cornish. The feather patterning isn't right. Although, it could be hatchery quality. My chicks are from a show line.

This is what my chicks look like.
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Whoa those look sharp! I am now very confused about what mine are

 

[Theladiesandagentleman]

We finally have cloud cover today and it's not going to be over 100 this weekend!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Whoa those look sharp! I am now very confused about what mine are

Can you post pictures from all angles?

This is what my parent birds look like

 

[Zinjifrah]

I've had to cull 2 of the Dark Cornish chicks I've hatched. One was due to leg malformations that were too severe to correct (Incubator issues) and one was a late pipped chick from a broody hatch that had 6 inches of intestines outside of its body. My MO is that I help any chick that pips. I've only had to cull 2 out of at least a dozen I've helped. I've had 2 more that I helped die on me.

This scissor-beak chick had the deformity in the upper beak, rather than lower - and the worse it got, the more trouble it had breathing. Figured a quick decapitation was much more merciful than slow asphyxiation. I'll help any chick that seems to need it - this last batch of eggs that I hatched, only one needed help, but it had pipped at the wrong end of a 67 gram egg. Apparently that's one of the problems with large eggs. It hadn't ruptured the air pocket at the other end, so it didn't have room to move to unzip - I helped it out, and it's a big, healthy, strong chick now at a week old, never any problems from the moment it came out of the egg. Before that, I helped Deuce, my extremely small Serama - who hatched from an egg half the size of the other Serama eggs, and also had no room to move inside even with having ruptured the air pocket and pipped at the right end. But I know eventually something will need some help, and will die despite that help. So far I've had three chicks hatch with leg problems, but with a couple days of therapy and vitamin-infused water they're all hopping around just fine now, with no sign of any problem. The smallest chick from this last batch of mutt eggs is still smaller than the rest, though, so it may fail in the long run.

 

[BlackHackle]

Here is a pullet from the same breed;

 

[BlackHackle]

Can you post pictures from all angles?

This is what my parent birds look like
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Check this post ^

 

[Cyprus]

Buying the acrylic window

 

[BlackHackle]

Buying the acrylic window
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Plenty to choose from!